Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant Professor of Entomology Clint Penick and a team of graduate students may have found that ants are far ahead of humans in antibiotic innovation. "In our study, we tested how ants use a ntibiotic compounds to fight off pathogens and asked why their chemical defenses remain effective over evolutionary time," Penick said. ...read more read less